Fantastical Urgent Alarms: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/04/fantastical-urgent-alarms/

Fantastical now supports Apple’s AlarmKit, the persistent alarm feature that arrived with iOS 26. You can set urgent alarms on individual calendar events, and they’ll ring through even when your iPhone is silenced or in a Focus mode… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Pathfinders and Insiders only. Care to join? Or perhaps do... Continue reading →

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A Birthday, Not a Victory Lap: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/04/a-birthday-not-a-victory-lap/

Apple turned 50 today. If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a fun animated history running on Apple’s homepage that sketches its way through five decades of products. It’s clever but not too clever. If you’ve been around through Apple’s triumphs and failures, it’s a good watch. I’m glad Apple is marking the occasion. Fifty... Continue reading →

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March in the MacSparky Labs: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/march-in-the-macsparky-labs/

MacSparky Labs members get to participate in member events and receive a number of exclusive videos and podcasts each month. Here’s a summary of offerings this past month: March 2026 Labs content and its membership level: P – Pathfinder; I – Insider; M – Member If you’d like to be a part of the MacSparky... Continue reading →

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The Supportive Podcast Appearance: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-supportive-podcast-appearance/

I was a guest on The Supportive, a podcast from Help Scout hosted by Mat Patterson. The episode is about customer support, small business, and figuring out what matters when you’re a one-person operation. When Mat first reached out, I wasn’t sure an interview made sense. What I do is small. I make video tutorials... Continue reading →

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Mac Power Users 842: Feedback: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/mac-power-users-842-feedback/

On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I dig into the feedback bag. We cover everything from Stephen’s secret Cloudflare image-hosting shortcut to the great Raycast vs. Spotlight vs. Alfred debate, Stream Deck setups (and whether that new XL is too much Stream Deck), iCloud security with Advanced Data Protection, and how I’m... Continue reading →

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The Paint at 7AM: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-paint-at-7am/

Plenty of companies make money. Fewer make things people love. I’ve been thinking about that gap lately, and I think it starts at the top. Does the CEO actually care about the product? Not the quarterly numbers. Not the stock price. The product itself. Walt’s Shadow Walt Disney didn’t build Disneyland because he thought it... Continue reading →

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The Demise of the Mac Pro: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-demise-of-the-mac-pro/

Yesterday Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is officially discontinued. I don’t think anybody who’s been paying attention to this can be surprised. The writing was on the wall with the last Mac Pro update, which was twice the price and just slightly better than the then released the Mac Studio M2 Ultra.... Continue reading →

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The MacBook Neo’s Unfair Advantage: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-macbook-neos-unfair-advantage/

Steven Sinofsky, who ran the Windows division at Microsoft, picked up a MacBook Neo on launch day and wrote a long, reflective piece about it on his Substack. He called it “a paradigm shifting computer”. Coming from the guy who shipped Windows 8 and Surface, that’s not faint praise. MKBHD went further in his review,... Continue reading →

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The Lab Report for March 27, 2026: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-lab-report-for-march-27-2026/

The Lab Report is my weekly podcast exclusively for the MacSparky Labs members. Would you like to join? If you’re already a member, you can log in here.

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Focused 252: Donkey Work: https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/focused-252-donkey-work/

On this episode of Focused, Mike and I dig into an idea we’re calling “donkey work.” It’s the stuff that has to get done but doesn’t require your best creative thinking. Invoicing, email triage, file management, scheduling. The question is whether AI assistants can take some of that off your plate. I just released the... Continue reading →

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